Hydrocarbon-based fracturing fluid composition, system, and method

A fracturing system for hydraulic stimulation of a subterranean formation, the system comprising:

• a well having a wellhead and a downhole portion in fluid communication with the wellhead;
• a first medium addition subsystem comprising:
• a first medium storage vessel retaining a first medium pressurized to a first pressure, said first medium comprising high vapor pressure hydrocarbon compounds;
• a first motor;
• and a pressurized first pump;
• wherein the first motor is configured to drive the first pump to pressurize the first medium to a second pressure, the second pressure higher than the first pressure, to flow said first medium into the subterranean formation through the wellhead;
• a second medium addition subsystem comprising:
• a carrier medium storage vessel retaining a carrier medium comprising low vapor pressure hydrocarbon compounds that are liquid at atmospheric conditions, and that have a higher viscosity than the high vapor pressure hydrocarbons, a second motor, a second pump, a proppant storage vessel, and a proppant addition system configured to enable variance in the amount of a proppant added to the carrier medium per unit of volume of the carrier medium;
• wherein the carrier medium and the proppant from the proppant storage vessel are configured to mix together to form a second medium, and wherein the second motor is configured to drive the second pump to pressurize the second medium to the second pressure to flow said second medium into the subterranean formation through the wellhead,
• wherein the proppant comprises at least one of the group consisting of:
• glass spheres, glass bubbles, cenospheres, microspheres, aerogel, resin-coated aerogel, resin-coated pumice, and syntactic foam;
• wherein the proppant has a specific gravity of less than or equal to 1.1 relative to the carrier medium;
• wherein the first and second motors are each electric motors;
• wherein the first and second medium addition subsystems each further comprise a variable frequency drive configured to provide electrical power to the respective electric motors;
• and
• a medium mixing system located between the first and second medium addition subsystems and the pipeline, the medium mixing mechanism configured to enable variance in a flow rate of at least one of the first medium and the second medium to the well.